Rail-joint.



No. 887,129. PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

0. E. SOHREFPLBR.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16. 1906.

CHARLES E. SCHREFFLER, OF ELIZABETHVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2'7, 1906.

Application filed March 16, 1906. Serial No. 306.368.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. SGHREFF- LER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Elizabethville, in the county of Dauphin and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inRail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail-joints and it consists in theconstruction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be morefully hereinafter described.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a rail-jointorganization wherein the parts may be quickly and positively assembledand embodying particular fish-plate and chair elements or members whichsnugly hug the meeting ends of the rails or joint of the latter andobviate all possibility of loosenin or springing of the joint.

in the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of portions of railsdisposed in operative relation and embodying the features of theinvention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transversevertical section thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail section through the head ofone of the rails and the upper extremities of the fish-plates, showing amodification.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts throughout the several views.

The numerals 1 and 2 designate the terminals of rails, which in thepresent instance and by preference are cut diagonally at their ends toform an elongated joint 3, which will overcome the jar and wear on thewheels of the rolling-stock to a material extent. The meetingextremities of the rails 1 and 2 are disposed in a chair member 4,having upwardly-projecting side flanges 5. Placed against opposite sidesof the webs of the rail extremities 1 and 2 are fish-plates 6 shaped tosnugly bear against and conform to the contour of the opposite sides ofthe webs of the rails and having their lower ends longitudinallygrooved, as at 7, to provide abutting shoulders 8, extending fullythroughout the length thereof to snu ly fit over the upper ends of theflanges 5, t e shoulders 8 bearing against the inner sides of the upperportions of the said flanges, as clearly shown by Fig. 3. The upper ends9 of the fish-plates closely bear a ainst the under overhanging portionsof the rail heads or balls 10, and after the fish-plates are thusapplied they are secured to the rail-webs by suitable bolts 11. Spikes12 are driven into the ties on which the rails are disposed and havetheir heads projected over the upper portions of the ower extremities ofthe fish-plates to serve as a means of additional securement for saidplates and also to hold the members comprised in the joint organizationin proper position on the ties.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the improved rail-joint issimplified in its construction and economical in cost and that the partsthereof may be readily assembled in operative relation with materialadvantages in laying railroad-rails.

At any time desired the several parts of the joint may be separated byremoving the bolts 11 and withdrawing the spikes 12, and as thefish-plates are of a strong and durable nature, as well as the chairmember 4, they may be reused or reapplied to new rails, which may besubstituted for those which have become worn and unfit for further use.

In the modified form of the construction shown by Fig. 4 the upper endsof the fishplates 6 are horizontally straight and snugly fit under andagainst the portions of the head 10 on opposite sides of the Web of them1 What I claim is A rail-joint comprising a chair member havingupwardly-projecting side flanges and adapted to receive the bases ofrail extremities, inwardly-curved fishplates applied closely against theopposite sides of the webs of the rail extremities and snugly fittingthe latter, the lower side edges of the fish-plates terminating flushwith the outer surfaces of the chair-flanges and having underlongitudinal groove-forming abuttin shoulders, the grooves fitting overand fu ly covering the upper edges of the flanges and contacting withthe latter and the shoulders bearing a ainst the inner sides of theupper portions of the said flanges and also bearing on the uppersurfaces of the portions of the rail- In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature flanges adjacerflt 11110 tiliieh chair-flanges, the inpresence of two Witnesses. v I u per ends 0 t e s -p ates contacting T cosely with the under side of the heads of CHARLES SCHREFFLER' 5 therails, and means for securing the fish- Witnesses:

plates and rails and the fish-plates and chair GEO. H. SWAB,

member. S. H. KNISELY.

